There’s nothing wrong with refusing to vote. No politician is perfect, but you shouldn’t give anyone your vote unless they roughly approximate your values and you at least believe that they are fit for office. To do otherwise and just vote for voting’s sake is not “your civic duty.” It’s actually a bad thing.
Publication: Washington Examiner
Twitter and Facebook Get into the News Censorship Business
It’s official: Facebook and Twitter have joined Joe Biden’s presidential campaign.
Media Risks Malpractice by Dismissing Alleged Anti-Biden Bombshell
There are many reasons for a major journalistic examination of Biden, Inc., and all its tentacles. Pathetically late journalistic integrity is better than none at all.
Government Loses Credibility as Virus Goalposts Keep Moving
It’s reasonable for everyone to take a step back and ask, “How did we end up here?” How did we go from we need to flatten the curve for the month of April, to “we are going to shut your business down in September and October if you decide to stay open?”
Judge Barrett’s Humility Outclasses Her Cutthroat Critics
One important, under-noticed part of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s opening committee-hearing statement shows an admirable humility and empathy that puts to shame most of the bloviating senators opposing her.
California Man Finds Ballots in Trash Cans
The trash cans are located in Santa Monica and contained several dozen ballots, as well as other mail such as bank statements and bills. All of the mail was addressed to homes in the area.
Has Kamala Paid Any Attention to Trump’s Virus Response?
With Biden’s promises of bipartisanship and his experience working across the aisle in the Senate, it is a troubling sign that his running mate doesn’t seem to have bothered to listen to the arguments that Trump and his supporters are making, nor respected them enough to offer a real rebuttal.
Pence’s Debate Performance Helped Clean Up Trump’s Mess
Vice President Mike Pence gave a strong debate performance on Wednesday, a performance his campaign desperately needed following a terrible week for the White House as well as President Trump’s wild performance at the presidential debate.
Michelle Obama’s Fact-Free Defense of Violent BLM Riots
Her choice to downplay and dismiss the very real left-wing violence that swept the country after George Floyd’s death makes her guilty of the very charge she levied against Trump: “spreading lies to win.”
White House Has Sown Confusion on Trump’s Health, and the Media Love It
If the president is seriously ill, the public has a right to know about it. Unfortunately, the White House has created more questions than it’s given answers, leaving many to wonder what to trust. And the media, never slow to turn a drama into a crisis, has filled the vacuum with irresponsible speculation and sensationalism.
Trump Finally Has an Effective Virus Campaign Message
Trump on Saturday night posted a video offering an update on his health status, he says he’s feeling “much better,” but about 120 seconds in, he said what he and his surrogates should be screaming every day until Nov. 3. “This is America,” he said. “This is the most powerful country in the world. I can’t be locked up in a room upstairs and totally safe and just say hey, whatever happens, happens. I can’t do that. We have to confront problems. As a leader, you have to confront problems.”
Trump’s Positive Test Is Serious, But Media Voices Need to Pump the Brakes
Trump is at a higher risk of becoming seriously ill from COVID-19 than younger populations. He is also the president. Both elevate the seriousness of his positive test. It doesn’t merit media voices going all-in with warnings of a civilizational emergency.
Trump Caught an Early Spread Virus, Which Happens in a Pandemic
The professional coronavirus hysterics in the media are naturally having vapors about President Trump and the first lady having been infected, because this is what happens when you don’t wear masks…But this isn’t about masks or social distancing. This is about yet another person who happened to catch an easily spread, airborne virus.
The Pundit Class Really Wants the Debates to Be Canceled
More information is almost always preferable to less, even if it means watching two septuagenarians scream at each other for a couple of hours.
Debate Was a Blown Opportunity for Trump
In all of his interruptions, Trump, despite his reputation for being a master at messaging over the TV medium, lost chances to damage Biden. He often set up attacks only to fall back into repeating phrases that didn’t communicate to outsiders what he was talking about.
Op-Ed Page at NY Times Turned 50, Where Freedom of Ideas Is Under Duress
Today’s media landscape has outlets like the New York Times leading the way towards the wholesale elimination of dissent. Ironically, those who once claimed to be the most “tolerant” members of our society are actually showing themselves to be the most intolerant.
Amy Coney Barrett’s Critics Are Desperate
There are no good legal objections to her nomination. That is why critics are scrambling for a moral one. But based on what they have come up with so far, there don’t appear to be any good moral objections either.
Liberal Media Already Targeting Amy Coney Barrett with Anti-Catholic Bigotry
In preemptively disparaging her faith, liberals have already shown their hand. They hope to turn this nomination, and by extension the coming election, into a Holy War. Their fundamentalist dogma of wokeness has become their basis for launching a religious conflict — an anti-Christian crusade.
Amy Coney Barrett Is the Best Mom for the Supreme Court
Known for the strength of her Catholic convictions after the viral “dogma lives loudly” moment during her confirmation hearing for the 7th Circuit, Barrett walks the walk. She is an active mom of seven, including a child with Down syndrome and two adoptive children from Haiti.
Tell-All Books Can’t Bring Down Trump
Since the start of the Trump presidency, tell-all books have been released in hopes that they would shed light on a polarizing leader and hopefully turn the tide against him. Each of these attempts is like the other in that it fails to convert anyone.
History Will Thank Trump (and Obama) for Keeping Hillary Out of Office
Win or may lose in November, there is one thing for which people will forever praise President Trump: Just when it counted, at the moment of crisis with all on the line, he threw his body into the line of incoming fire — and prevented Hillary Clinton from becoming president.
Trump Has a Great Foreign Policy Record. Why Isn’t He Talking About It?
Voting has begun, unfortunately, before a serious discussion of foreign policy. It is rather odd since President Trump, never one to conceal his victories from view, has a powerful story to tell.
Bob Woodward’s “Bombshell” That Wasn’t
If anything, the Woodward tapes merely confirm what the president said on April 1 when he admitted he soft-pedaled the virus despite understanding the dangers.
New Dirt on Trump Makes Some Yearn for GOP Replacement
Quinn Hillyer: Some of us who are conservative still dream of a different Republican at the top of the ticket. We wonder if winning would be easier without all of Trump’s self-inflicted wounds…The stories of Trump’s alleged narcissism, racism, and cruelty come so repeatedly that they wear on the nerves. If Trump would just get out of the way, maybe we would have a campaign dominated not by Trump’s outlandish personality but by ideas for America’s future.